George "Doc" Hoskins served as Penn State's first head
coach, while also a player for the Nittany Lions. A threeyear
letterman at center, he was the athletic trainer at
Vermont before being appointed Penn State's first director
of physical training and first instructor of physical
education. His duties included coaching the football
team to a record of 17-4-4. He later was head coach at
Bucknell and served as a trainer for the Cincinnati Reds
during baseball spring training for 23 years. He died in
1957 in Cincinnati.